Director of Software Engineering — Risk Tech Leader

Capital One Group; Virginia, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 245,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering for Risk Tech to lead multiple engineering teams working on customer-facing apps, microservices, and AI-enabled risk models. You will mentor engineers, align with product managers, and advance cloud-based, scalable solutions across Agile teams.

The role emphasizes modernizing governance and risk platforms, building resilient systems in AWS, and fostering innovation while maintaining compliance and performance goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• 10+ years software engineering experience preferred for senior/director roles.
• 5+ years of people/teams leadership experience preferred.
• Experience with Agile development practices and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and grow multiple software engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers and guide technical development.
• Collaborate with product managers to define capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Improve software engineering practices and cross-team coordination.
• Drive deployment of applications to AWS and microservice architectures.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Agile practices

Full-stack development

AWS

Java

Node.js

React

Python

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Microservices

REST

Spark

Java

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering for Risk Tech to lead multiple engineering teams working on customer-facing apps, microservices, and AI-enabled risk models. You will mentor engineers, align with product managers, and advance cloud-based, scalable solutions across Agile teams.

The role emphasizes modernizing governance and risk platforms, building resilient systems in AWS, and fostering innovation while maintaining compliance and performance goals.